Western Region: Police arrest 3 persons with truck carrying cannabis, reject GHC69k bribe by suspects

The vehicles, with registration numbers GE 8965-12 and GS 3368-17, were stopped at the Assorku Barrier in the Shama municipality and the Nkroful Junction around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Officers reportedly rejected a bribe of GH₵69,000 offered by the occupants of the vehicles for the release of one suspect.

The vehicles, according to the Public Relations Officer at the Western Regional Police Headquarters, Superintendent Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, were intercepted on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at the Assorku Barrier in the Shama Municipality.

She explained that a truck loaded with bags containing a substance covered with sawdust, traveling from the Accra highway towards Takoradi, was apprehended. While three individuals on board managed to flee, one person was arrested.

That arrest subsequently led to the interception of another vehicle at the Nkroful Junction, which was also loaded with the same substance.

In all, 152 bales were intercepted from the two vehicles, with each containing about 80 substances suspected to be Indian hemp.

Interestingly, two individuals Kwabena Forson, 55, and Isaac Kwame Kontor, 44 were arrested for attempting to bribe officers with an amount of 69,000 cedis to secure the release of Moses Kweku Tawiah, 44, who had been arrested earlier at the Assorku Barrier.